Tag: Art

Let Duke be your guide to a year of fluff-free cards! These babies will never see the darkness of a trash can, because they're original works of art. People will keep them! And making block prints is easy and inexpensive. Once you've got supplies, you can run your own workshop from home! Follow our simple… Continue reading Back by Popular Demand: Linoleum Block Printing 101

Always a fail safe, shots taken on vacations or road trips make for great gifts! Learn how to distress your wooden frames and give 'em a new life! I put my pics in wooden frames I distress with stain, paint, sandpaper and a little polyurethane seal or food grade wax. If you're not printing at home,… Continue reading Handmade Holiday: Distressed Frames

Time to paint something! You can plan a painting beforehand, or feel it out—either way, the result will be a beautiful extension of yourself! Follow along to prepare, paint and seal a surface yourself. Start with any object that needs a good coating or a cool design, like a porcelain sculpture, metal tile, gessoed canvas, plain masonite… Continue reading Handmade Holiday: Paintings

Woah—there's a million things to do with burlap, and boy, is it hot this year! We've seen so many factory patterned burlaps— but you know we're gonna make our own! So here's our Awesome 2014 DIY Burlap list, jam-packed with easy projects you could do with a few simple materials like fabric paint, stencils, and sewing stuff! When… Continue reading Handmade Holiday: Burlap Throwdown

While you'll have to source your own Ball Jar, lid, soap pump and matching washer, from there, you just give it a little elbow grease, spray a rust protective coating, and piece it together! Follow along, we'll show you how! For the Antique Lovers If you want the authentic look, get those antique jars from flea… Continue reading Handmade Holiday: Ball Jar Soap Dispensers

Have a Drink, Make a Magnet! These are great gifts any time of year, and could not be any easier to make! Call your friends up, drink some dranks and glue magnets to the backs of your caps. If you wanna get more creative, use the inside of the cap as the centerpiece, and put… Continue reading Handmade Holidays: Bottle Cap Magnets

Those musty comics in your friends basement + whatever item around the house that would be more fun plastered in them = one helluva great handmade gift! At Catfight Craft, we're all about repurposing items to preserve their memory, craft a new story, and save the environment. There's so many ways to salvage unusable comics, we wanted to… Continue reading Handmade Holiday: Repurposed Comics

Block printing is a great way to make your own original cards and works of art. Use prints as cards, frame them like posters, make book covers, or decoupage them on wood like it's the 70's, and self-expression couldn't be more natural than rejoining paper to its origin! The possibilities are endless, and all look professional!… Continue reading Handmade Holiday: Linoleum Block Printing

Family and friends devour anything that reminds them of good times past, so turn your memories into art! Turn your Memories into Art I created a pretty literal black and white interpretation of my home state using Adobe Illustrator. I outlined Indiana and it's counties, and filled them with 2 different free fonts downloaded from DaFont.com.… Continue reading Handmade Holiday: Illustrated Map of Memories

My friend loves games, characters, cards, dice—whatever is cartoonish and fun. So I made these cutie petootie Acid Etched Glasses last year for his birthday! Follow our tutorial and you can etch mirrors, picture frame glass, windows, cups—anything your heart desires! There are a few ways to do it, but the easiest, most professional route… Continue reading Handmade Holiday: Acid Etched Glasses

It's our first year making holiday ornaments by hand, and while we set out to give them to family and friends, there's just too many leftovers! So we're giving them away with every $60 or more purchase on Catfight Craft Etsy! These trees go from just a dash of glitter to outright fabulous—and you can choose how… Continue reading Free Ornaments with $60+ Purchase on Etsy

One of the best ways I keep chugging along strong is by dedicating organizational, free-flowing and visual walls for my inspirations and goals. Nothing is as satisfying as seeing an outline of memories and plans. Wall 1: Business My business wall has 3 frosted glass Ikea boards, perfect for highly organized Expo marker list making… Continue reading Create an Inspiring Wall Challenge

This handcrafted hair accessory is perfect for everyday wear, or a spicy night out on the town! Made from genuine leather, a vintage metal button, feathers, tulle and 2 sexy satin blends, this Champagne lady is ready for another round of whatever life's serving up! While this fascinator is sold out, view other wicked hair clips we've made on Catfight Craft's… Continue reading Champagne Steampunk Fascinator

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